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when he wished to recommend 

 this event to the attention of the 

 Sovereigns, his Allies, it was ne- 

 cessary to demonsti'ate its con- 

 nexion with the general interests. 



" His Majesty received the 

 answers of his High Allies with 

 the greatest satisfaction. They 

 cleared the way to very impor- 

 tant negotiations, and led the 

 Powers to interpose in the unfor- 

 tunate circumstances in which 

 America was placed, in order that 

 measures of prudence and vigour 

 might be adopted, to reduce the 

 revolted provinces, and to put a 

 period to the immorality and 

 political contagion arising from 

 such an order of things. 



" To follow up proceedings so 

 happily commenced, his Majesty 

 considers, that the moment is 

 arrived when he ought solemnly 

 and categorically to represent to. 

 his High Allies, the principles 

 which he has prescribed to him- 

 self to produce the good he has 

 in view, and such as from his 

 sentiments of humanity, they 

 ought to expect. 



" Accordingly, and in refer- 

 ence to the propositions he has 

 already made, his Majesty now 

 declares, that the following are 

 the points on which he is inva- 

 riably fixed : — 



" 1. General amnesty to the 

 insurgents on their submission. 



" 2. Admission of native Ame- 

 ricans, endowed with the requi- 

 site qualifications, to all offices in 

 common with European Spaniards. 



" 3. Regulation of the com- 

 merce of the provinces with 

 foreign States, according to free 

 principles, and conformably to 

 the present political situation of 

 these countries and Europe. 



" 4. A sincere disposition on 

 the part of his Catholic Majesty 

 to accede to all measures which, 

 in the course of the negotiations, 

 may be proposed to him by his 

 High Allies, and which shall be 

 consistent with the support of his 

 rights and dignity. 



" His Majesty is therefore 

 persuaded, that there is no longer 

 any opposition to the opening 

 of negotiations upon the above 

 bases, the principles of which he 

 knows are conformable to the 

 views already manifested by his 

 august Allies." 



The following; is a copy of a 

 letter, addressed to the Commis- 

 sioners of Customs, dated Trea- 

 sury Chambers, to warn English 

 subjects against embarking in the 

 contest between Spain and the 

 South Americans : — 



Treasury Chambers, 9th July. 



" Gentlemen ; — The Lords 

 Commissioners of his Majesty's 

 Treasury, having received a com- 

 munication from the Secretary of 

 State for the Fordgn Department, 

 upon the subject of the prepara- 

 tions making at the diiferent out- 

 ports, and at the port of London, 

 for sending out officers and men 

 for the service of the Insurgent 

 troops in the Spanish and Ame- 

 rican provinces ; their Lordships 

 , desire you will direct your officers 

 employed at the different ports to 

 take measures to make known to 

 such persons as have been engaged 

 in this service, by any Spanish 

 American Agents, or others, that 

 they are thereby rendering them- 

 selves obnoxious to the laws, as 

 warned by his Royal Highnesses 

 Proclamation of the 27tli No- 

 vember, 1817; also that you will 

 adopt such other nieasmx'S'as may 



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